We affirm the decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review which upheld a referee's order denying benefits to Mary Jones pursuant to Section 3 of the Unemployment Compensation Law because she was not "unemployed through no fault of [her] own."*fn1

On appeal, Jones' major contention is that the Board erred as a matter of law in determining that her unemployment was due to her fault. Jones, a teacher, was employed with an emergency teaching certificate. Additional credits were required before a permanent certificate could be issued. She was terminated for failure to attain proper permanent certification, due to her delay in pursuing the needed credits.

A review of the record discloses that from May of 1980 until her termination on February 5, 1982, Jones completed only six of the nine credit hours she needed to receive a permanent certificate. Her emergency certificate expired on August 20, 1981. Although she claimed that the Department of Education told her in July of 1981 that enrollment in a three-credit correspondence course would entitle her to a reissued emergency certificate, other testimony indicates that the Department allowed Jones to teach during the Fall term of 1981 only because it believed she had nearly finished the course. Such questions concerning the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be accorded the evidence are left to the Board. Rosenberger v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 31 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 455, 459, 376 A.2d 1018, 1021 (1977).

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Jones' delay is at least a shortcoming, for which she has not shown good cause. The Board has committed no error of law and there is substantial evidence to support its ...

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